Medals
Truman Receiving Medal from Sesquicentennial Commission
President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) at his desk in the Oval Office, receiving a gold commemorative medal of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission from Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the U.S. Mint (seated, right). Also present are (left to right) Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Commission; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman; and Paul Massman, Sesquicentennial Manager.
Truman Receiving Medal
President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) at his desk in the Oval Office, receiving a gold commemorative medal of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission from Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the U.S. Mint (seated, right). Also present are (left to right) Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Commission; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman; and Paul Massman, Sesquicentennial Manager.
Barkley Receiving Medals from Bonnet
President Truman with government officials
Rear Adm. Sidney W. Souers, USNR, receives the Legion of Merit
Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USNR, at right, receives the Legion of Merit at a ceremony at the Navy Department. Assistant Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, left, makes the presentation for President Truman. The photograph is signed "To Admiral W. Souers, with kind regards and very best wishes John L. Sullivan."
President Truman awards the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Sidney Souers
John Snyder Gazing at a Medal
Colonel William M. Kasper receives the Silver Star
General Jonathan M. Wainwright was presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Truman
General Jonathan M. Wainwright being presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Rose Garden at the White House on the occasion of General Wainwright's return to Washington after his release from imprisonment by the Japanese. The final stand on beleaguered Corregidor, for which he was in an important measure personally responsible, commanded the admiration of the nation's allies. (See also 66-1499-13.) From: Pershing Tousley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.